Illustrated Biography of the Bodhisattva Gyoki

...The earthen pagoda he built at Oono-ji Temple (Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture) has its origins in Indian stupas (Buddhist pagodas). His biographical materials include the cremation epitaph unearthed at Chikurin-ji Temple (Ikoma City) and the Illustrated Life of Gyoki Bosatsu (Muromachi period) housed at Iehara-ji Temple. [Inoue Kaoru]
[Gyoki beliefs and traditions]
Gyoki, who devoted himself to the propagation of Buddhism among the people, became an object of reverence from an early stage, and many legends about him have been passed down.

*Some of the terminology used in "The Illustrated Biography of the Bodhisattva Gyoki" is listed below.

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…彼が大野寺(大阪府堺市)に造った土塔はインドのストゥーパ(仏塔)に源流をもつ。彼の伝記史料に竹林寺(生駒市)出土の火葬墓誌や家原寺蔵《行基菩薩行状絵伝》(室町時代)などがある。【井上 薫】
［行基信仰と伝承］
　仏教の民間布教に尽くした行基は，早くから敬慕の対象になり，多くの伝説が伝えられている。…

※「《行基菩薩行状絵伝》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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